Pakistan: Law of the land

Once again, Pakistan's mullahs are on a collision course with President
Pervez Musharraf. In the latest clash, on June 2, religious groups that
control Pakistan's Northwest Frontier province declared that Shari'a law
would be enforced in their territory—superceding the British-style
legal system that is Pakistan's law of the land. Shari'a is the strict
religious code that governs Islam. From now on, Arabic, the language of
the Koran, will be obligatory in schools; girls 12 years and older will
have to wear the head-to-toe veil known as the burqa, and women will not
be...